HASZARD’S GAZETTE. OCTOBER 7.

at As the are of importance. my Lord,’ ub- ggrud the neon, ‘I would have attended to them earlier. but at nine be it.‘

“ At nine. Her Hajsst punctually gave sti- tlienes to the Minister, w u had never before. it i. 5. , received so salutary a lesson 8 the duties of the Sabbath.‘ '

‘ IIICY. .

The list sentence of death the young Sovereign ygg nine to giga, was that of a soldier con- a...'.§3 to death for dcscrtios. The Queen mil 1;, ma uksd the Minister who brought it to her. " Have you nothing to say in behalf of this man *’

u N°¢i,.._" was the reply ; “ he has deserted nu... gin“; but," said the brave veteran _who rolstaeibs anecdote. ssstg l-ler Ma city a anxiety, I added. “ tho’ he is a very bad in some esases spoke for his character, and for atightl know to the contrary. he may be a ood innit!” _

it Oh! thank you for that a ‘thousand times.‘ exclaimed the Queen; and hastily writing “ por- a....J.' ' the pa r, sbo put‘it across the table. with her fsirhand trembling with omotion.—Frovn

Vidor-r'o,fr-em her Birtlt to her Bridal."

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From the Montreal Pilot. 1'!!! MAIN! LAW IN CANADA.

A very resolute alert is now being,msdo by the adtccutes of Temperance in both these Provinces. for the enactment cl a law to prohibit the sale ol intoxicating drinks. The time is certainly well chosen; petitions are in course _of signature to the Governor General, the Legislative Council, and the Assembly. for the paseago of the law. When the proposition was brought be fore Parlia- ment on the last occasion, it was lost by a single

d since then the cause has gained msiiy advocates, and a large number of candidates have plodgod themselves, It least to this extent, that if e suflciont number of petitions are presented to show the unequivocal wish of the people for the enaetirsout of a prohibitory law, a majority of members will vote for it

Thus. then, the question is referred back to the people. and all such questions should be, and the people have ooly to pronounce their decision through the means opened by the constitution, and before the ensuing session has closed, the Maine Liquor Statute Book of the Csnadas.

use. From the White Bait Dinner of the Cabinet. down to tho redtercks entertainment ofthe triod-rri cll. the intellectual is being pr--fem-d lo the meri- animal enjoyment. Nay, the late Dinner is giving place. among the courtesies and amenities of life. to the early breakfast, with nothing stronger than the cup “ that cheers but not inebriates.“ W can remember the race of roxhuntiug Squires: who beginning the dsyyat dawn to t as were wont to end it under the table; bu this race has d, or is passing rapidly away. We reool an old oflcsr is the army. who brain service with the commencement of the resent century, assuring us. that for fifty years c had fiver gone to bed with less than three bottles, as he somewhat facrtionsly expressed it. under his belt; and that while in garrison. the pioneers of the regiment were always employed to carry oll the dead (drunlt,) after the orgi--s of the mess tsble Happily such practices have died out in the British artny and navy. as they are dying out n civil society. Why should they cling to the Colonies. ifthcy have no abiding lace elsewhere? We believe ublic opinion is olly ripe for the discussion antr decision of this question in the (‘anadas. If the people have made up their minds to prefer and to practise abstinence, who has. or can have. the right to deny them the war ofdoing so! If, as we expect to see, the ogtsttlture is flooded with petitions in favour of a "'.‘ii"'."i§'ii..'2X.‘..‘.‘."l.’.$2l'.i1‘Ll’.'I.?."t§"?lrl?£'.§'.§’°.'Z W I’ I 9 reasonable a request! If the friends of the cause of temperance throughout the Provinces, are up and doing, the day will unquestionably be their o n.

BRIDGE OVER. THE ST. LAWRENCE. The Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence will certainly be the most remarkable work of the liind in the Canadas. we might say in the whole tvorld. It reminds us of some of the old Roman works, such as the ancient aqueducts which span the valleys of Italy. in their grand and gigantic roportions, more than of an ordinary bridge over a river. We know of nothing on the continent of America, nothing on the continent of Europe. which approaches this work in the grandeur and greatness of its design The success of the Engineer (Mr. Stevenson) in

Law will stand recorded upon the the building of the Britannia Bridge has fully justified him in deciding ‘upon the adoption of the

We have seen the good effects of the law in same plain for the Victoria Bridge, which will be gene of tharhlesr England States, and strongly constructed on twentyfour piers, with spans or

advocate its oaaotment. any pledge, and have never practised total absti-- nos; and our testimony so far is not the testi- mon of the thick-dhd-thin partisan. We say, let sn'y unprcjudiccd person contrast the condition of our cities. for happily in the country the vice has been checked by the labors of the priesthood. and be will see by comparison with cities where a probibitory law exists, that poverty, crime, suffer- ing and death are greatly increased by the use of intoxicating drinks. But we shall be told. we are free-traders, and yet dosiae to impose fctters on this branch of trade, or rather to suppress it alto- gether. But let it -be remembered. that the vintnar and the tavern-keeper are already exposed to restrictions. and subject to a license which may be at any moment revoked. There are also many other trades to which the State applies, not re- striction msroly, but actual prohibition, on the principle laid down by the law-giver, that society is justiflod in uttiog down whatever is danger- ous to the public health or morals. popul strprcnto (es. Th State holds itself justified in

suppressing any trade, occupation. or use of pro- perty. detrimental to the life, health, order. or

ls of the people. hue, noisomc vitriol works are pulled down, unwholesome bone works, manure factories, and slaughter-houses are re-

movsd; lottortos. prmsngttts boar~gsrdoII-.°°HI' 0'“ its are prqhibite ; arr_tblin'g-houses are closed,

it they are |II'I,I|¢Il or moral nuisances. The liquor trstfig is a nuisance physically, morally, and economically. It brings death or madness, or idiotcy, on tlioussnds. If you want evidence 0 ' . ' 'n. thc_ records of the burial ground, the prison, penitentiary. the hospi al. and the asylum. It reduces the resources of a country, by consuming large quantities of corn and wheat,which are annually distilled into drink ; it causes pauperism, increases taxation. occasions rosecutions and prison expenses, and by dimin- tsliing the rodticts of industry, lessens the amount of nation productions. Statistics prove that it cause or accompanies two-thirds of the crime which is committed; that it lowers intelligence. and checks civilization, and leads men, who might aotothorwise do it. to starve, ill-treat and injure use who.srs nearest and dearest to them.

Let any one who doubts these assertions. watch the inflnr-nee of this powerful agent upon diderent men. Oneit renders quarrrlsome. contradictory. savage. suicidal, or maniacal; another loses his manhoood. and sinks into the foolish, slavcring sipletoo, who may be gulled, tricked, or flee-‘ed olariyihin .—No man admits, that this is its so- ‘ imoolf. but every one can see. that it

The Spartan saw it ages ago. and made his slave drunk to disgust his children with the ledelgonoo. Phydclugivts have ascertained, that alcohol in any form I once into the circu- Istioe. cbsu tag the condition of the blood and of tbs men. We ridit: the poor "Adrsb off the desert, for takin the poisonous s stu ying hsfiisb. and tbs feeble Asiatic for nla”routis- isg or exciting himself with opium; and at fre- qeeet iods of the day. oarmlves have recourse to a stirnalaot and sxctttnt, he more direct. if it bsloesdosdly.tbentbs_lulcsoftbspo y,ortbe

so lax. Ion may den tbo_i cones of drink upon themselves. but ' their neighbours. wives, children, or servants fail to see it! likes to be degraded before his own household l and yet. who that drinks does not become rsdsdi Our friends ruav cast the mantle of too over us, and hide our nakedness from the sons of the Antsdiluvian.

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rtao, for his was an enforced dsgra-. wo voluntarily degrade ourselves.’ men should put an enemy into his to steal away his brains l-” y man a public ootsrtaismesthgivso by the bold . observe towards

the of the ssdoruot. the condo‘ of the emte.—-Id hid osstrsst this with festivals given I aaaar leads, and em wllttlswshavsto fsllsitaesss ves opos. Is those States of the Union writes give toss to the other states. by sdassttoo and intelligence, such

do not prevail. bee the Governor was oetortslsod so his return by the Sayer sod eltlesss Portland, every dsliery to . at no tone

of the Ilalss Law, y oss eater-tstntssat—ln rose to Continental

wan boars stsdisoer, . wefl tbsagbtsvsry

We have never taken spaces, for the navigation, exclusive of _the two

ahutments from whence the tubes spring on either side. The centre space or span will be 330 feet wide, and each of the other twetity-four spans will be22O feet wide. The width of the two piers nearest to each abutment will be fifteen feet. and ssthe piers approach the centre span, the width and strength of each will be increased, until they reach the two centre piers, when it will amount to eighteen feet.

The ahutments from which the tubes spring will bseach ofthem 249 feet long and 00 feet wide. and from the north shore of the St. Law- rence to the north abutment there will be a solid stone embankment of rough masonry, 1200 feet in length raised like an artificial rock to resist the current. The stone embankment leading from the south sborc of the river to the south abutinctit will be half this length, or 600 feet. The length of the bridge itself. from abutment to abutrnrnt. and its total length from river bank to river bank, will be 10,285 feet, or aboutbtl yards less than tvto English miles.

The summer average depth of the St. Lawreiice varies from M feet, near the centre, to 4 feet near the banks. and the current runs in this part. at the rate of from seven to ten miles an hour. Tire clear diststics between the under surface of the ire tube, and the average summer la_vol or the river is to be sixty feet. and the height will ditninish towards either side with a grade at the rate of I in I30, or _40 feet in the mile; so that at the outer or river edge of each abutment. the height will be20 feet above the summer level.

On the 24th July last the diet stone in the bed of the river was raised for the construction of the first pier of the bridge, and now, on the Mt September, “ Pier No. I" has arisen several feet above the level of the river, and the process o binding the blocks may be seen and understood. Each stone of the structure is clam to its fellow by bands of iron, and the interstices are filled with molten lead. and the strongest Roman cement. The result will be, the construction of masonry as durable as that of the Coliseum or the Appian Ways which have withstood the wear and tear of time and of trafic for more than yours, and which will continue to exist as monu- ments of the skill and industry of man.

Unless unforsoen difliculties arise. the first rail- way train will pass over the bros St. Lawrence by the stiinmer of I-58 he commercial advan- tages will consist in the fact. that the Victoria Ilridge will bring into direct communication. without break of guago or bulk, the othatietlees

rodncts of Canada West, and of ichigari, lllinnis, lows, Wisconsin. and all the Western States of the Union. Reciprocity will hsye opened the door to international communication and the requirements of trstlic will be chospl and expeditiousl met by the iron road, on its tubular bri go. A few years hence. and this very bridge will become one of the greatest attrac- tions to the tourist and the traveller.

'l'he Colossus of Rhodes, under which the pigrriy shallope of former ages could. see, was esteemed one of the wonders of the 0 d world. llut an iron bridge, spanning a river two miles in width. giving safe passage to the hundreds of tons of weight betttesn its iron sides, and permitting slrips of the largest tonnage to pose beneath its elevated arches, is an achievement still more remarkable for the New World and is worthy of the young Giant rii-in in the West. If the Coliseum. and the Pant son, and the Pirctis, and the Pyramids, have attracted visitors from every land. so in future days will the Victoria Bridge; and Mostroal will hereafter reap much of the benefit which must follow the completion of so siighty a work.— arm-eel Pilot.

The Toronto Esernirier, referring to a ruinoor that the late Canadian Premier is to be honored with Knight as a reward for his services in negotiating the Reciprocity Trsetl, says :

“ To bestow the honors of nlghthood upon Eraucis liiacbf. in view of his whole public ea- resr as s ‘

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Iterator of the brown, would, in our opiciob. tarnish the Throne of the Realm, and form a kind of premium for oflcial erlms.

Coausscisr. Psoerscrs.—One of those ps rlodisisl eeovslsioss which agitate the United states. sad is a loss degree Canada, is sow upon

us. Apsrlodof roatoxtsrisioeasd lslstiou was by g discoveries California pod Australia. and carried so.”-, __ we and

other sstsrprism tlll reel sstsht IseO.sa

we asdt vslosof sts lo ties were all creed up rprsrlofl vslos;sud now I a

which is powerfully electing this continent. llostsess sates. Railway seterprlsse are discredited. by Banks _srs strsiteosd and West- ersBssks bares . oneyisssllsd lo. llsrelissts are is dllcsltias. city are tslisg. Iesl lstsie asr lasts

Cooot love

9000 eccordiiig to oficial data, is as follows:

""°"°" the oorinor that s dead body was waahed

are going down by the run; wages will follow. Extravagant expenditure i becoming diagram-lul. lllcononiy and indut-try are to be the order of the day. and a more s-slid and gencal prosperity than that wliich has recently turned so many heads will doubtless be the result.—Montr-eel Witness.

Quttsttc. Sept. 29—ln the House of Assembly last night, the bill to bring the laws of Citnsda lhto harmony with the principles of the l-‘iehery and lleciprority Treats between Great Britain and the United Ststes. was read a first time, and to-day it will be carried through the various stitges to perfection.

The Legislative Council has appointed a com- mittce to inquire itito charges of undue spet'ula- tion preferred against some members of the late tuinistry. g

Qusssc, Sept. 93—'l'hc Reciprocity Bill passed both Houses last night, and will receive the royal aII6ul‘lo-(lay. The Governor General will then issue a proclaitistion declaring the Treaty to be in force. so far as Canada is concerned. whetie ver the l’rcsident of the United States will take the responsibility or‘ doing the same.

September 9ti.—Socretary Marcy has replied by telegraph to the Canadian Government that the Reciprot-ity Treaty cannot take effect as regards Canada until legislation upon it takes place in England and all the colonies ititerostod_.

Tris Liotvos Law II Cartaoa.—The ort- treol Pilot save that Mr. W. L. Mackenzie. metri- ber of the Provincial Parliament. will on Monday next move for leave to bring into Parliament a bill fora strong prohibitory law.—lt is thought that the feeling throughout the country at the present titne is remarkably propitious for the pass- sge of such a measure.

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NEW-BRUNSWICK, S'l‘. JOHN, September 20.

Tire Snson.——'l‘o those who do not " keep the run of the weather“ front one year to another. we would remark that from the lat. Itntil the 15th of September. last year, the weather was wsrin and generally fine. The I4th (Railway Celebration ay) was one of the finest and warmest during the summer, the tliertiiometer averaging 70 nearly the whole day. About the 18th, we had a tremendous gale which blew down (among other things) the Governor's grand stand on the Rail-

HASZARIPS GAZETTE.

Saturday, octobcr 7. 1854.

of the Supreme Court at Sr. Elcnnor‘s, took p ace on the 3d instant; no criminal cases were on the Calendar. There were. however three civil causes triad, of sonic importance each. and of which we will ins fu- ture number give a report. .

‘The October Sitting

The Reoi rocity Bill. has passed the tlrst and second retttling in the House of Assembly,and will be read the third time to-day. t is under- stood that the [louse will adjourn until the first week in February.

The Nomination day for s Member to repro- eont the Second District of Queen's Count in the lace of the Hon. Robert Mooney, wt be on ' uesduy the 17th instant.

Report of the Royal Agricultural Society's Cattle Shows, for the year 1854.

QIJEEJWS COUJVTY:

The Show for Queen's County came of on the 20th inst. in Charlottetown. The dtty, as is too often the cure on similar occasions, was rather boistorous—n gale of wind with frequent showers. The sttcndunce, nevertheless. was od, and it little after the hour appointed, a nrgcr number of Horses and Cattle, and both ofn stump superior to 'wliut has been witnessed ttt these Shows during the lust few years was to be seen upon the ground. There were six Blood Colts and eight Fillies and six Form Colts nnd eleven Fillies exhibited. Blood Colt. the propert of and reared by, William llodgcs, Esq.. on the Form Colt shown by Mr. lilucKny, to which the lat prise was , in their res ctivo classes, were both very fine ttnimttls. lil fact, most of the Horses shown in each class exliiliitod it marked improvement in the breeding rind rearing of this branch of Stock. and some found purchasers at liberal prices before letivin the ground. In the Cattle yar , the Ieifers dropped since on. 1852. were decidedly superior to any ever before shown on a similar occasion, Mr.

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way grounds. e had no sleighing last year until the day before Christmas; and although the last was one of the severest winters ever ex- perienc-d in this Province. it did not fairly set in until the middle ofJenuary. The fororutiner of a cold winter is said to be a superabundance of red- berrics on the mutintuin ash trees. Last year the omen turned out true-—for the branches in the Fall of'53, bent down from the weight of their fruit. This year, however, this crop appears to be slender, and, therefore, judging by the same role. we may predict that the forthcoming winter will be a Moderate one —Morru'rtg News.

We learn that directions have been transmitted to the Slierifi of this County, relative to Mr. Martin. who, our readers are aware. has remaineri in the above named ShorilI‘_s custody, since his late trial. awaiting the decision of the -Executive as to his future disposal—the purport of which decision and directions. we understand to be. that be is for the future to remain in' custody, either in the County Jail, or some other safe place, during the pleasure of the Crown.—HoIr'fo.s chm.

We are flsased to learn. that the Rev. Mr. Cooper, late Chaplain of the ill-fitted “San Fransisco " has

Church, In our boron . asa‘l fig 3.32.33 olliciate stutedly for t at congrc tion. His

christian firmness and self-possession dis la ed on that memorable occasion, when the lrlcst hearts sunk appalled, and death scented threat- ening on every-side, won for him an enviable reputation, and from his well-known uud tic- knowledged abilitied we have reason to antici-

tc, from his ministry among us. the most auspicious results.—Iitd i . Iionts-port, (Plir'I.) Sept. 16.

Wiisrte rite Mortar Goss.—Tbe three principal Mints in the world, are those of‘ the United States, Paris and London.

The total coinage during the year I853,

Paris 4']! ,90l .000. London l2,tl6fl.000. United States I

I,l0l.000. Melting a total .in dollars of$l33,6~t~I.000. The question arises, where does this money all go to? With such an amazing amount of money coined every year there is yet a scarcity of coin in the hands of the people. The only solution financial gentle- men can malts of the wonder is the great increase of business. ere is now an amount of manufactur- ing, commercial and social activity widely dilI'used through the whole world, that stands altogether unpsrelellcd in history. T are seems to be a great providentisl movement in the affairs of tho hunisn race. The fresh and unexpected supply of gold from California and Australia, and the eneral awakening of society in intelligence and invcntiveingenuity, the rapid spread of civilization around the entire globe, the present great chan as going on in the political affairs 0 China, Turkey and span, with various other mighty indications, show that the comin generation is about to enter upon a wi er an more intense sphere of activity than, in the philoso by of t etr fs‘hers, they ever dreamt ol|.’—St. Louis Democrat. During the attack upon Bomarsunditbo Russians sent out sotnc spies. One, in the garb of a wo- riian.wss taken on the nth; and on the min, a Russian ulcer in the garb of a priest ventured‘ through in a carriage with a lad by his side. They observed his face newly s cm; and on putting questions he appeared confused, and drove away. taking a turn is the road leading to the forts. Two French soldiers rushed after him but without avail; so they levelled tlhir rinse, and either killed or wounded this spy ; the bores going at full gallop into the fort.